downhill
Example Sentences
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The rupture of a 3-foot-wide trunk line Thursday morning sent 17 million gallons of water into a West Hollywood neighborhood, from the Sunset Strip downhill beyond Santa Monica Boulevard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
And then it’s been kind of going downhill and I feel like people pay these taxes for no services is what it gets down to,” he told Fox News.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
"Pakistan was very open in public in embracing its role as a mediator which certainly subjected it to certain risks, such as being viewed as the fall guy if things went downhill," Kugelman said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
"Lupus at its worst was in bed, unable to move, going downhill rapidly, possibly dying…now I'm living," she told me.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
The river’s a hundred feet away but you can hear it cuz this is where it starts rushing downhill to get to the swamp.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
